MBA Candidate · Corporate Finance & Consulting · WashU Olin

Before business school, I co-founded and ran a manufacturing company in Ethiopia — scaling it, then leading a post-conflict turnaround. Today I run Corax Advisory, screening M&A and private-equity opportunities across U.S. and African markets with DCF valuation and AI-built research. At WashU Olin, I pair that operating judgment with structured finance and consulting training.

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🇺🇸 U.S. Permanent Resident — no sponsorship required🎓 Dean’s Scholar (full tuition) · WashU Olin📍 St. Louis, MO
◆Python◆Excel◆Tableau◆Agentic-AI Workflows◆AI / LLM Research◆DCF & Comparables◆Demand Forecasting◆P&L Management◆Turnaround Strategy◆Go-to-Market◆Kaizen◆Supplier Negotiation◆Strategic Cost Analysis◆Market & Competitive Analysis◆Prediction-Model Evaluation

The record — real numbers, real P&L

~45%

revenue CAGR over three years, co-founded company

Co-founder · 2017–21

Three-year growth scaling the detergent manufacturer.

37%

total cost reduction in post-war turnaround

Turnaround · 2023–25

Cost takeout in the post-conflict restructuring plan.

85%

of pre-war customers won back within three months

Turnaround · 2023–25

Pre-war market position recovered within three months.

17 t/day

production capacity, nearly doubled from 9.5 tons

Co-founder · 2017–21

Daily output, nearly doubled from 9.5 tons.

28%

regional market share captured in four months

Launch · 2017

Regional share won within four months of launch.

65+

employees and laborers led across operations

Operating leadership

25 employees and 40+ laborers across operations.

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Skills

What I bring to the table.

Four disciplines, one operating system — every claim below traces to a resume bullet.

Strategy & Consulting

Structured problem solving from market entry to restructuring — framing the question, sizing the opportunity, and sequencing the moves.

Go-to-market strategyMarket & competitive analysisCustomer segmentationRestructuring plans90-day roadmaps

Proof28% regional market share captured within 4 months of launch

Corporate Finance & Valuation

Financial modeling grounded in a view of the business — valuation, cost analysis, and capital decisions that connect to operating reality.

Financial modelingDCF & comparablesM&A courseworkStrategic cost analysisP&L management

Proof37% total cost reduction engineered in the post-conflict restructuring

AI & Analytics

AI as working infrastructure, not a research shortcut — building agentic workflows that monitor a business, evaluating prediction systems, and turning data into decisions.

PythonExcelTableauAgentic-AI workflow designAI-assisted research (ChatGPT · Claude · Perplexity)Demand forecastingPrediction-model evaluation

ProofLed quantitative analysis for an RGA-sponsored forecasting study; forecasting models cut inventory costs 45%

Operations & Leadership

Founder-level operating judgment — running production, procurement, and people through growth, war, and turnaround.

Turnaround executionKaizen & process improvementSupplier negotiationSupply chainCross-functional leadership

ProofScaled 9.5 → 17 tons/day; led 65+ people; 26% input cost reduction negotiated

Featured work

Work that moved numbers.

Finance

Corax Advisory: M&A / private-equity opportunity screening

My independent advisory practice — screening cross-border M&A and private-equity opportunities across U.S. and African markets, pairing MBA-grade valuation with AI-accelerated research.

Advisory practice

Operations

Scaling to 17 tons/day: demand forecasting & Kaizen

How a co-founded detergent manufacturer nearly doubled daily production and cut inventory costs 45% with home-built forecasting models and Kaizen discipline.

Case study

Operations

Post-Conflict Turnaround: 37% Cost Reduction, 85% of Customers Won Back

Restarting a detergent manufacturer after a two-year wartime shutdown. A 90-day recovery roadmap cut total costs 37%, won back 85% of pre-war customers within three months, and rebuilt the operation without external capital.

Case study

All projects

The journey so far

Factory floor → war → turnaround → Olin.

Jul 2017

BSc Mechanical Engineering, Mekelle University

Oct 2017

Co-founded Gedion & Hizbawi Detergent Manufacturing

28% regional share in 4 months

2018–2021

Scaled the business as General Manager

~45% CAGR

Jun 2021 – Jun 2023

War-induced shutdown

Jun 2023 – Mar 2025

Led the post-conflict turnaround

−37% costs · 85% of customers won back

Aug 2025 –

MBA at WashU Olin — Dean’s Scholar (full tuition)

Class of 2027

May 2026 –

Founder & Strategy Consultant — Corax Advisory

Selected writing

Thinking in public.

Insight

Why Strategy Must Connect to Operating Reality

A strategy that ignores how the business actually runs is not a strategy — it is a wish. The most effective strategic plans are built from a deep understanding of operating constraints, capabilities, and execution realities.

May 10, 2026 5 min read

Insight

Valuation Is Not Just a Formula

DCF models, comparable company analysis, and precedent transactions are tools — not answers. The real work in valuation is building a coherent view of the business and translating it into defensible assumptions.

May 8, 2026 6 min read

Internships & full-time · strategy / finance / analytics

Hiring for strategy or finance? Let’s talk about what I can build for you.

Operator’s judgment, founder’s ownership, and MBA-grade analytics — with the work on this site to back it up. U.S. Permanent Resident, no sponsorship required.

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